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Nigeria secures 2021 AFCON ticket — before clash with Benin

BY Remi Sulola

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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with two games to spare.

The three-time African champions picked the ticket after Sierra Leone were held to a goalless draw by Lesotho in Maseru on Saturday afternoon.

The result leaves the Gernot Rohr’s boys with 8 points — 4 ahead of third-placed Sierra Leone — with a game in hand.

The Eagles will battle the Squirrels by 5 pm on Saturday evening at the Stade Charles de Gaulle in Porto Novo.

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They will then take on the Crocodiles of Lesotho on Tuesday at the Teslim Balogun stadium in Lagos.

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